diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9aab488b..edc69d70 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('lite', 'c', version: '1.05', default_options : ['c_std=gnu11'])
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
+libdl = cc.find_library('dl', required : false)
 
 lua_dep = dependency('lua')
 sdl_dep = dependency('sdl2', method: 'config-tool')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b4f7a007..05ffa4d3 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ lite_sources = [
 executable('lite',
     lite_sources,
     include_directories: lite_include,
-    dependencies: [lua_dep, sdl_dep, stb_truetype_dep, libm],
+    dependencies: [lua_dep, sdl_dep, stb_truetype_dep, libm, libdl],
     install: true,
 )